Virtue Ⅰ
The sum of behaviour is to retain a man’s own dignity, without intruding upon the liberty of others.
—Francis Bacon (1561-1626 British philosopher and author)
Respect yourself if you would have others respect you.
—Gratian (359-383 Roman Emperor)
He who allows himself to be insulted, deserves to be.
—Frances Crofts Cornford (1886-1960 British poetess)
They can do all because they think they can.
—Virgil (Publius Vergilius Maro 70-19 B.C. Roman poet)
It generally happens that assurance keeps an even pace with ability.
—Samuel Johnson (1709-1784 British poet and essayist)
Without self-confidence we are as babies in the cradles.
—Virginia Woolf (1882-1941 British writer)
Contentment is natural wealth, luxury is artificial poverty.
—Socrates (469-399 B.C. Greek philosopher)
Content is more than a kingdom.
—English proverb
A man who finds no satisfaction in himself, seeks for it in vain elsewhere.
—La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680 French writer)
Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly ever acquire the skill to do difficult things.
—Friedrich Shiller (1759-1805 German poet and playwright)
Forgive thyself little, and others much.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795-1881 British satirist)
To err is human; to forgive divine.
—Alexander Pope (1688-1744 British poet)
Pride goes before a fall.
—Old Testament
Wherever true valour is found, true modesty will there abound.
—Sir William Schwenck Gilbert (1836-1911 British poet and dramatist)
No matter in what high esteem you are held, always have the courage to say to yourself: “I am always ignorant.”
—Ivan Petrovich Pavlov (1849-1936 Russian physiologist)